Computer Industry Report articles from May 1998

Computer Industry Report archives from May 1998

Setting up shop: storefront creation tools.
May 1, 1998... From the buyer's point of view, the storefront is the shopping experience. The storefront displays the products and offers added information (including product descriptions, payment information, shipping information, etc.). Like a good salesman,...

Offerings in the storefront creation market. (storefront creation products)
May 1, 1998... INEX Commerce Court from INEX is a storefront creation tool recommended by Compaq Computer as part of its Club Web Internet commerce strategy. INEX targets the small business segment with a storefront tool aimed at merchants that plan to...

Serve one, serve all: commerce server profiles.
May 1, 1998... The commerce server is that platform on which much of the electronic transaction magic takes place. Although the storefront creation tool establishes the look and feel of the site and provides the windows through which customers enter payment...

Commerce server product offerings. (servers for Internet commerce from Microsoft Corp and Oracle Corp)
May 1, 1998... MICROSOFT SITE SERVER 3.0 COMMERCE EDITION Microsoft's Site Server Commerce Edition, more simply called Commerce Server, strives to offer total e-commerce functionality on the level of the more expensive pure players. Through what Microsoft...

Electronic commerce payment services.
May 1, 1998... Electronic payment services are a combination of software and data communications services that play yet another integral role in the cyber transaction. These services route payment orders from the merchant's transaction server to the appropriate...

How electronic commerce payment services work.
May 1, 1998... When a Web shopper is browsing a merchant's site and decides to make a purchase, he or she clicks on the desired products in the electronic storefront. In most cases, the products are placed in a virtual "shopping cart" until the shopping session...

Offerings in the electronic commerce payment services market.
May 1, 1998... CYBERCASH CyberCash is nearly a household name in the Internet commerce arena. Its first-quarter revenues grew more than 700%, 1998 over 1997, and it recently completed a merger with another popular payment services company - IC Verify....

Compiling the components: should merchants build, buy, or outsource?
May 1, 1998... At Harvard University's recent International Conference on the Internet and Society, the focus groups on Internet commerce drew standing-room-only crowds, with technologists and merchants clamoring for information on real costs for doing...